Kiwi Eagle said:The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
We were playing cricket last weekend, playing against an up and coming player who was struggling a bit but battling away, was having a joke with him inbetween overs, and then an over or 2 later our bowler sledged him and he just broke down and left the field crying.
Depression is a strange creature
Kiwi Eagle said:bones said:Stevo said:MissKate said:Because it is hard to believe a club would suspend their best player for an alcohol and gambling problem. Also if they really had his best interests at heart, they wouldn't have made such a huge and public issue of it. It all just doesn't seem to ring true.Stevo said:The Bulldogs have already said it's not a matter for the Police.
Why can't people just believe the guy has alcohol and gambling issues compounded by the fact he's lost his family and quite possibly suffering from depression? Why does it have to be so f**king sinister?
Ever suffered from depression or been around someone who has? The fact that the bloke couldn't finish a football game points to the fact that depression is his biggest problem. Are the bulldogs actually using the word suspension or is that just something the media have run with? I would suggest stood down would be more accurate.
The smile on his face and the form he showed in the All Stars match just one week earlier contradicts this.
The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
We were playing cricket last weekend, playing against an up and coming player who was struggling a bit but battling away, was having a joke with him inbetween overs, and then an over or 2 later our bowler sledged him and he just broke down and left the field crying.
Depression is a strange creature
Chip and Chase said:Kiwi Eagle said:The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
We were playing cricket last weekend, playing against an up and coming player who was struggling a bit but battling away, was having a joke with him inbetween overs, and then an over or 2 later our bowler sledged him and he just broke down and left the field crying.
Depression is a strange creature
Care to share the sledge ? must have been a good one. Either that or your in between overs jokes are terrible KE.
Kiwi Eagle said:bones said:Stevo said:MissKate said:
The smile on his face and the form he showed in the All Stars match just one week earlier contradicts this.
The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
Depression is a strange creature
bones said:Kiwi Eagle said:bones said:Stevo said:MissKate said:Because it is hard to believe a club would suspend their best player for an alcohol and gambling problem. Also if they really had his best interests at heart, they wouldn't have made such a huge and public issue of it. It all just doesn't seem to ring true.
Ever suffered from depression or been around someone who has? The fact that the bloke couldn't finish a football game points to the fact that depression is his biggest problem. Are the bulldogs actually using the word suspension or is that just something the media have run with? I would suggest stood down would be more accurate.
The smile on his face and the form he showed in the All Stars match just one week earlier contradicts this.
The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
We were playing cricket last weekend, playing against an up and coming player who was struggling a bit but battling away, was having a joke with him inbetween overs, and then an over or 2 later our bowler sledged him and he just broke down and left the field crying.
Depression is a strange creature
Fair point. Barba's problems are more than depression though, as he is in a drug and alcohol rehab clinic.
master blaster said:I know how we are all big fans of Mundine,lol,but he brought up an interesting point in a Q&A interview on the Fox sports website,here is part of what he said when he was asked about Barba.............He's a gun. He's just got to get his head right. I feel the club and the NRL dealt with it in not the right manner. It was turned into a media circus.
It could have been kept in-house. I hope they're not using him as a guinea pig and PR stunt to show they're a nice club. I thought Canterbury were better than that..... mmm PR stunt eh,wouldnt put anything past Greenburg
Chip and Chase said:Kiwi Eagle said:The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
We were playing cricket last weekend, playing against an up and coming player who was struggling a bit but battling away, was having a joke with him inbetween overs, and then an over or 2 later our bowler sledged him and he just broke down and left the field crying.
Depression is a strange creature
Care to share the sledge ? must have been a good one. Either that or your in between overs jokes are terrible KE.
Kiwi Eagle said:bones said:The smile on his face and the form he showed in the All Stars match just one week earlier contradicts this.
The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
Depression is a strange creature
Jethro said:Kiwi Eagle said:bones said:The smile on his face and the form he showed in the All Stars match just one week earlier contradicts this.
The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
Depression is a strange creature
Very true.
Remember the late Peter Jackson, the Queenslander who played for the Raiders, Broncos and Bears back in the mid 80s to Mid 90s? He always wore a smile too and clown around but he had a secret that he kept hidden.
After his death in 1997, it was revealed that as a fifteen-year-old he was sexually abused by his football coach. Because of this, he suffered from depression and used drugs and alcohol throughout his life to try to combat it. In the end, he ended his life with a heroin overdose.
eagles2win said:master blaster said:I know how we are all big fans of Mundine,lol,but he brought up an interesting point in a Q&A interview on the Fox sports website,here is part of what he said when he was asked about Barba.............He's a gun. He's just got to get his head right. I feel the club and the NRL dealt with it in not the right manner. It was turned into a media circus.
It could have been kept in-house. I hope they're not using him as a guinea pig and PR stunt to show they're a nice club. I thought Canterbury were better than that..... mmm PR stunt eh,wouldnt put anything past Greenburg
Probably the best thing Anthony has said in a long time.
Kiwi Eagle said:Chip and Chase said:Kiwi Eagle said:The smile and stuff doesn't really mean anything in regards to depression
We were playing cricket last weekend, playing against an up and coming player who was struggling a bit but battling away, was having a joke with him inbetween overs, and then an over or 2 later our bowler sledged him and he just broke down and left the field crying.
Depression is a strange creature
Care to share the sledge ? must have been a good one. Either that or your in between overs jokes are terrible KE.
Haha it was nothing bad at all, he kept holding us up, bowlers ready to bowl but he wasn't ready to face up, our opening bowler got sick of it so yelled out from the top of his mark "can I go, are you ready" then bowled the ball and told him to f**king hurry up and face up and the guy told him to f off then walked to square leg and broke down. Apparently he has been hitting the low point of it lately
He isn't a bad player either, NZ u19 last year and on the fringes of first class cricket. He ended up retiring and didn't come back
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